Selling off the future
Great [Morton] Marcus column in the July 4 issue of the IBJ. What’s happening in this state is extremely unfortunate and shortsighted.
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Baseball column was on the mark
Bill Benner’s [July 4] column “A love lost … ” was great—absolutely the way I remember it, plus the scoring of a double-header on the radio, knowing every batting average, home runs and RBI’s of the all-time greats.
SLAUGHTER: The lowdown on why you can’t find a job
The greatest challenge in landing a new gig is making a tremendous shift in perspective.
NAGLE: Beware Indiana labor force losses over next 20 years
Over the next 10 years, baby boomers will begin to retire en masse. By 2030, we can expect about 18 percent of Indiana’s population to be age 65 or older, up from 12 percent today.
MORRIS: In search of a moderate Republican
I know it’s still early, but I’ve got presidential politics on my mind. Why? Because the economy continues to be stuck in the mud and it takes strong leadership at the top to get things moving again.
SKARBECK: Emerging countries offer high-growth opportunities
Enterprising investors willing to conduct the necessary due diligence may seek to discover high-growth opportunities in emerging-country investments.
EDITORIAL: Courts should repel school voucher suit
The lawsuit filed this month to block the state’s new school voucher law should be turned back on a lobby that has fought education reform at every turn and rarely offered solutions to underperforming schools other than demanding more money and time.
MEREDITH: Diplomas don’t guarantee mastery of work or life skills
A diploma cannot guarantee commendable performance in college, respectable employment or even success in life.
HARRIS: We need a system to make high school diplomas count
Unfortunately, too many students who make it through high school aren’t well prepared for what comes next.
NOCERA: Don’t let banks win the debate over capital
A real capital cushion would have allowed the banks to absorb the losses instead of the taxpayers.
O’REILLY: PC or not, include me in the ‘Glee’ fan club
At this point in America, young people are being barraged with tattooed vulgarians who dominate the rock and reality-show worlds.
KRUGMAN: GOP willing to let debt calamity happen
Is a failure to raise the debt ceiling unthinkable? Not at all.
SOWELL: Today’s question: Is democracy viable?
Careless voters may be easily swayed by charisma and rhetoric, oblivious to the monumental disasters created around the world by 20th century leaders with charisma and rhetoric.
BROOKS: GOP is missing chance at political victory
If the Republican Party were a normal party, it would take advantage of this amazing moment.
STOSSEL: The rising tide of independents in politics
Maybe the human spirit is so powerful it will overcome the stupidity of politics.
DOWD: Sing out, Hillary, about rights of Saudi women
It would have been thrilling if Hillary 2011 had simply channeled Hillary 1995, when, as first lady, she made her bodacious speech in Beijing, declaring that “women’s rights are human rights.”
VAUGHN: Privatization punishes many, rewards few
The only winners in this game are the attorneys and bureaucrats who make, and often end up breaking, the deals.
WOUDENBERG: Feds don’t call all shots on Medicaid
The states are free to exclude a provider from its Medicaid program for any reason provided under state law.
EARLY: Loudly singing praises of education reform
Vince Lombardi would want Bennett and Daniels on his team. These two bold leaders refused to quit on our kids.
SHELLA: Print’s decline is bad for this news junkie
I appreciate the fact that a team of people go through a day’s worth of information and try to prioritize it for me.